It was the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Robert Koch who, as early as 1910, foresaw that 'One day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest'.
The Nobel Prize winning Columbia University economist Edward Phelps maintains that innovation is the key to economic growth, prosperity and human happiness.
French novelist, essayist and playwright Albert Camus was born on 7 November 1913, in Mondovi, Algeria. He is celebrated for influential works such as L’Étranger (The Stranger, 1942), La Peste (The Plague, 1947) and La Chute (The Fall, 1956). Apart from his literary accomplishments, Camus was a passionate advocate for leftist causes. In recognition of his impact on literature, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957 at the age of 44.
The oxymoron “a painful pleasure” seems to be in effect when Kolkata gets global recognition ~ the city has ranked 19th by Savills’ Growth Hub Index for its rapid development.
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity.
Antiquarians, politicians, media professionals and even godmen have joined in to present their own version of historical events, especially regarding the golden ancient India and the volatile Muslim rule, to suit their present aspirations. This is possibly an indicator of the post- truth age where a heady mixture of fantasy, entrenched beliefs and convenient portions of historical facts in the mind become more important than the facts themselves. What happened is overshadowed by what we wish to have happened
Most of the Nobel Prizes awarded in scientific disciplines can be broadly classified into three categories. These may be for developing some new product or a device or identifying a better and more convenient method for the synthesis of a useful chemical.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for 2022, popularly called the Nobel prize for economics, has been awarded to three American economists, Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.”
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig got the nod for having significantly improved understanding of the role of banks in the economy.
Svante Paabo’s name was declared by the Nobel committee on Monday for the 2022 Nobel Prize in the field of Medicine.
